The Vendor is required to provide employee benefits broker services.
- Services of a professional, highly qualified benefit brokerage and consulting firm to provide a full range of services related to the design, implementation, analysis, maintenance, improvement, and communication of our employee insurance benefits program.
- Benefit programs include group medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, and ancillary benefits programs for its employees and employees’ dependents.
- Assist the city in long-range employee benefit goals and strategies.
- Assist the city in administering all group insurance plans, flex plan, cobra, responding to questions from and providing information to staff, and providing other consulting services during the course of the plan year.
- Monitor ongoing contracts, including plan administration, provider compliance with contracts, booklets, employee communication, and educational materials.
- Research and recommend to the city any new developments in the employee benefits law, employee benefit programs, and health insurance reform on an ongoing basis.
- Assist city representatives on labor relations issues concerning group insurance and employee benefit programs.
- Review claims experience, claim service, and claim administration to ensure maximum benefit to the city.
- Determine and recommend the most economical funding methods for the benefit programs and assist in forecasting/budgeting by providing detailed rate increase projections.
- Meet with and provide reports to various city representatives including the city manager, human resources, and the health insurance committee made up of representatives from all bargaining groups.
- Assist the city with the implementation and communication of new programs or changes to existing programs, which will include attending and presenting information at employee meetings.
- As requested by the city, prepare bid specifications and solicit proposals from insurance markets, which specialize in group insurance plans as needed.
- Evaluate bids and bidders, including administration, claim payment procedures, customer service, network, reserve establishment policies, financial soundness, and identifying the most cost-beneficial package from among the various bidders.
- Provide the city with original documents from bid solicitations.
- Represent and negotiate for the city on all provider negotiations on all issues including those related to premiums, benefit levels, plan design, and special terms and conditions
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: May 23, 2025